The Baton Rouge Health District Plan brings together thirteen pillar institutions including three major hospitals to implement partnership projects that improve health and create jobs in the community. Plan elements address healthy placemaking, health education and research, healthcare innovation and emergency preparedness. With the plan complete, Health District partners have established an umbrella non-profit, and hired an executive director to coordinate project implementation.

Basak Alkan, senior urban designer at Perkins + Will, will share her recent work developing the Health District’s comprehensive master plan. Following the presentation, we will facilitate an interactive discussion about the planning effort.